Posted by Editors on July 26, 2008 at 08:24:48:
Both Presidential aspirants, Obama and McCain, have drawn heavily, millions of dollars, for their campaign expenditures. Some of the money has come from ordinary everyday wage working Americans, but mainly from corporations and private millionaires who have placed their "BETS" on both candidate. Why on BOTH? Because the corporate capitalists want a seat at the President's table no matter the major party affilation, and their campaign finance contributions
literally "BUY" them that seat, and equally an incentive..., because neither Obama or McCain questions the undemocratic political and corporate systems which have produced all our past and current societal problems. Capitalism, the corporate system's rules for dominating our economy and government, is the sole reason why WE suffer economic depressions, economic wars, and the daily domestic, economically motivated criminality of all kinds, which we have passively accepted as our "way of life" in today's America.
The next person who will sit in the Executive seat, doesn't matter which one..., will not alter the basic, systemic reasons for the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions. These will remain in place until there is a resolution in both invaded nations which will satisfy the U.S. oil corporations intentions.
And what are the goals of American corporations in Iraq and Afghanistan? Can We believe these are to root out the Bush Administration‘s “Terrorists” scenario which is being used to justify potential military actions throughout the world? Of course not! At the time of the 9/11, Saddam's Iraq was not a haven for
Islamic terrorists and the Bin Laden threats which today the U,S, corporations face throughout the world.
Alan Greenspan, former Director of the Federal Reserve told us, loud and clear, that OIL was the reason for the Iraq invasion. U.S. corporations demanded control of oil reserves in Iraq.
And today, the same oil corporations…, Mobile, Exxon, among others, are in the process of the building of building an oil pipeline through the embattled Afghanistan territory to the Caspian Sea, which depends of the destruction of the Taliban, and acquiescence of the U.S. installed new Afghan government, which will be a given.
In Iraq, as the deadly battles continue to take the lives of both the Iraqis, and American kids…, the U.S. corporate reps are negotiating with the reluctant Iraqi government to decide how Iraq's oil revenues will be distributed among the various Iraqi ethnically divided population. Until this is decided, the U.S. military presence in Iraq will remain, and with it, all the lives which will be lost during this "business" process.
Both Obama and McCain have told us of their plans to end the war which they are confident will, momentarily, satisfy the electorate..., and all the while, they KNOW that once they are in office, the electorate, We, the People, will have to put up with whatever happens thereafter. Why? Because Obama and McCain understand how our government works.. , that after the elections are over, We, the People, have NO effective recourse to do anything about what happens in Congress or what comes from the Office of the President. We can only WATCH!
And Why Not? Because We have been effectively removed from both the political process, and in the industries upon which We depend for our society's needs and wants! We are subject to, and victimized by ANY oppressive decisions which the political and corporate governments make…, and among the most destructive decisions are those which push us into ECONOMIC WARS.
The Iraq and Afghanistan invasions were NOT of OUR doing! These were deliberate military calculations made in the interests of the corporate representatives who secretly met with the Bush Administration and devised the current Energy policies. One critical policy included the acquisition of oil reserves in whatever country it was feasible to obtain these.... Iraq and Saddam Hussain were long time targets for a U.S. military takeover of the Iraq oil fields. The corporate energy policies were triggered by a corporate , privately established propaganda think tank... , the PNAC …(Program for the New American Century.) (http://oldamericancentury.org/pnac.htm)
This notorious collection of sophisticated, corporate thugs was revealed to us by the hard work of many courageous journalists, Greg Palast of the British Guardian among the most informative,
The PNAC gunned for Iraq's oil from the very beginning of its inception. It was unsuccessful in its urging President Clinton to invade Iraq. But President Bush, the "oil" President, wasn't difficult to convince. As our history has recorded, the Bush propaganda machine stressed enough lies publicly to convince the corporate errands boys we call the U.S. Congress, to give the President approval, WITHOUT a declaration of war, to invade Iraq..., a Declaration which the U.S. Constitution reserves STRICTLY for the Congress of the U.S.!!!
We witnessed the shredding of our Constitution to meet he expedient needs of our private corporate governments. We, the People had neither a voice or a vote.
We were spectators in this closed decision making process…, which ended up with our kids being sent to other lands to militarily enhance the financial gains of privately owned U.S. corporations whose hold on our government should now be obvious to all.
In this Presidential election…to our peril, We are left with but one of the two corporate-sponsored candidates..., which We will elect to the powerful office of the Presidency..., Obama or McCain , both cut from the same corporate cloth.. Our soldiers will continue to face harm throughout the 30 or 40 nations where CAPITAL INVESTMENTS of U.S. corporations are threatened by dissatisfied peoples in those places. Regardless of the President chosen, he, along with this political government, will see that it continues. What can We do to prevent it?
Unfortunately,
…….., under this kind of political and corporate government system, We, the People can shout all we want..., appeal to whomever will lend an ear, but in the final analyses, OUR voices have NO clout!
And our routine, of going to the polls to vote every 2,4 and 6 years for our so-called "People's" representatives, means not one HOOT, as the last decades have demonstrated.
The PFANS program is our way to a genuine DEMOCRACY. The sooner we get this program onto the POLITICAL scene, the sooner we will have a better society.
Obama and McCain, perfect together, but not for We, the People!